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WHY should the children of a King Go mourning all their days? Great Comforter, descend and bring The tokens of thy grace.

2 Dost thou not dwell in all thy saints,
And seal the heirs of heaven?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?

3 Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer's blood;

And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.

4 Thou art the earnest of his love,-
The pledge of joys to come;
May thy blest wings, celestial Dove,
Safely convey me home.

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GOD, who madest earth and sky,
The darkness and the day,

Give ear to this thy family,

And help us when we pray:

2 For wild the waves of bitterness
Around our vessel roar,

And heavy grows the pilot's heart,
To view the rocky shore.

3 The cross our Master bore for us,
For him we fain would bear;
But mortal strength to weakness turns,
And courage to despair.

4 Have mercy on our failings, Lord;
Our sinking faith renew;
And when thy sorrows visit us,
O send thy patience too.

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ORD, I believe thy every word,

LORD, I every

And lo! I wait on thee, my Lord,
Till I my strength renew.

2 If in this feeble flesh I may
Awhile show forth thy praise,
Jesus, support the tott'ring clay,
And lengthen out my days.

8 If such a worm as I can spread
The common Saviour's name,
Let Him who raised thee from the dead,
Quicken my mortal frame.

4 Still let me live thy blood to show,
Which purges every stain;

And gladly linger out below
A few more years in pain.

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SOVREIGN of all the worlds on high,

Allow my humble claim;

Nor while, unworthy, I draw nigh,
Disdain a Father's name.

2 My Father, God! that gracious word Dispels my guilty fear;

Not all the notes by angels heard

Could so delight my ear.

3 Come, Holy Ghost, thyself impress
On my expanding heart;
And show that in the Father's grace
I share a filial part.

4 Cheer'd by that witness from on high, Unwav'ring I believe;

And Abba, Father, humbly cry;

Nor can the sign deceive.

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sight,–Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ?

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grave, where is thy vic tory? O death, O death, where is thy sting?

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nite, Jesus! hear and save.

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Have mercy on us.

2 Strong Creator, Saviour mild,
Humbled to a little child,
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled,—
Jesus! hear and save.

3 Borne aloft on angels' wings,
Throned above celestial things,
Lord of lords, and King of kings--
Jesus! hear and save.

4 Soon to come to earth again,
Judge of angels and of men,
Hear us now, and hear us then,-
Jesus! hear and save.

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1. Let earth and heaven agree, Angels and men be join'd, To cel - e-brate with me The

Saviour of mankind; To'adore the all-a-ton-ing Lamb, And bless the sound of Jesus' name.

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ET earth and heaven

agree,

Angels and men be join'd,

To celebrate with me

The Saviour of mankind;

To' adore the all-atoning Lamb,

And bless the sound of Jesus' name.

2 Jesus! transporting sound!
The joy of earth and heaven;
No other help is found,

No other name is given,
By which we can salvation have;
But Jesus came the world to save,

3 Jesus! harmonious name!
It charms the hosts above;
They evermore proclaim,

And wonder at, his love:
"Tis all their happiness to gaze,-
"Tis heaven to see our Jesus' face.

4 His name the sinner hears,
And is from sin set free;
'Tis music in his ears;
'Tis life and victory;

New songs do now his lips employ,

And dances his glad heart for joy.

5 O unexampled love!

O all-redeeming grace!

How swiftly didst thou move
To save a fallen race!

What shall I do to make it known,
What thou for all mankind hast done?

60 for a trumpet voice,

On all the world to call,

To bid their hearts rejoice

In him who died for all:

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2 Jesus is glorified,

And gives the Comforter, His Spirit, to reside

In all his members here;

The Holy Ghost to man is given; Rejoice in God sent down from heaven.

3 To make an end of sin,

And Satan's works destroy, He brings his kingdom in,Peace, righteousness, and joy: The Holy Ghost to man is given; Rejoice in God sent down from heaven. 4 From heaven he shall once more Triumphantly descend,

And all his saints restore

To joys that never end:

Then, then, when all our joys are given, Rejoice in God, rejoice in heaven.

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LORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,

Thine earthly temples, are;
To thine abode my heart aspires,
With warm desires to see my God.
2 O happy souls that pray

Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men that
pay

Their constant service there!
They praise thee still; and happy they
That love the way to Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears: O glorious seat! thou, God our King, Shalt thither bring our willing feet. 4 The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From humble, contrite souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts alone in thee!

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And why together brought To see each other's face;To join with softest sympathy, And mix our friendly souls in thee? 3 Didst thou not make us one, That we might one remain ;Together travel on,

Änd bear each other's pain;Till all thy utmost goodness prove, And rise renew'd in perfect love?

4 Surely thou didst unite

Our kindred spirits here,
That all hereafter might

Before thy throne appear;Meet at the marriage of the Lamb, And all thy gracious love proclaim.

5 Then let us ever bear

The blessed end in view,
And join with mutual care,

To fight our passage through;
And kindly help each other on,
Till all receive the starry crown.
6 O may thy Spirit seal

Our souls unto that day!
With all thy fulness fill,

And then transport away,

Away to our eternal rest,
Away to our Redeemer's breast.

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